Benvenuti cari lettori, a questo terzo appuntamento con Schools of Rock, la rubrica che confronta e scontra versioni vecchie e nuove dei brani più amati e conosciuti nel mondo delle sigle d’animazione. Oggi metteremo a confronto, la sigla d’apertura (opening) dell’anime Tokyo Ghoul!
Nell’angolo rosso, con una carriera che si estende dal 2002 ad oggi e sei album all’attivo, nonché una partecipazione attiva al mondo degli anime con Abnormalize per Psycho-Pass, il trio proveniente da Saitama, Giappone. Capitanati dal frontman Toru “TK” Kitajima, ecco a voi…i Rin Toshite Shigure!
Nell’angolo blu, lo sfidante! Classe 1994, proveniente dal Minnesota, con una carriera di Youtuber e cover artist attiva dal 2012/2013, ha all’attivo alcune delle più apprezzate cover di colonne sonore Disney del web, tra cui un’apprezzabilissima versione di I will make a man out of you tratta da Mulan, e svariate cover di opening come Guren no Yumiya e Hero. Ladies and gentlemen, ecco a voi Jonathan Young!
Per chi volesse confrontarsi nel karaoke, ecco a voi i testi corrispettivi dei due autori.
Versione originale
Oshiete oshiete yo sono shikumi wo
Boku no naka ni dare ka iru no?
Kowareta kowareta yo kono sekai de
Kimi ga warau nani mo miezu ni
Kowareta boku nante sa
Iki wo tomete
Hodokenai mou hodokenai yo
Shinjitsu sae
FREEZE
Kowaseru, kowasenai
Kurueru, kuruenai
Anata wo mitsukete
Yureta yuganda sekai ni tatta boku wa
Sukitootte, mienaku natte
Mitsukenaide boku no koto wo
Mitsumenaide
Dare ka ga egaita sekai no naka de
Anata wo kizutsuke taku wa nai yo
Oboetete boku no koto wo
Azayaka na mama
Mugen ni hirogaru kodoku ga karamaru
Mujaki ni waratta
Kioku ga sasatta
Ugokenai, hodokenai
Ugokenai, hodokenai
Ugokenai, ugokenai yo
UNRAVEL GHOUL!!!
Kawatteshimatta, kaerarenakatta
Futatsu ga karamaru, futari ga horobiru
Kowaseru, kowasenai
Kurueru, kuruenai
Anata wo kegasenaiyo
Yureta yuganda sekai ni tatta boku wa
Sukitootte, mienakunatte
Mitsukenai de boku no koto wo
Mitsumenaide
Dare ka ga shikunda kodokuna wana ni
Mirai ga hodokete shimau mae ni
Omoidashite boku no koto wo
Azayaka na mama
Wasurenaide, wasurenaide
Wasurenaide, wasurenaide
Kawatteshimatta koto ni PARALYZE
Kaerarenai koto darake PARADISE
Oboetete boku no koto wo
Oshiete oshiete
Boku no naka ni, dare ka iru no?
Cover di Jonathan Young
Oh, can you tell me, can you tell me the way the story ends?
A monster in my heart
A ghost inside my chest
I’m broken down, the world around us
Surround my suffering
You smile and laugh at me
But you don’t see a thing
Damaged and broken as I am
I’m trying not to breathe
Unraveled, I’m not unraveled by
The truth I finally see, freeze
I’m breakable, unbreakable
I’m shakeable, unshakeable
Unraveling since I found you
And now I’m turning to dust in a world that’s twisted
Don’t come searching when I go missing
Close your eyes or just try to look away
Don’t want to hurt you
We live in a world someone else imagined
The ghost of what’s left of me all but vanished
Remember my heart, how bright I used to shine
Entangled in the loneliness
The memory of innocence
It’s stinging me, it’s breaking me
The pain is spreading endlessly
I cannot move, I close my eyes
I try to breathe, I realize –
I’m paralyzed, I’m paralyzed
UNRAVEL THE WORLD
I’m not what I was then
Don’t touch the infection
Entwined we will both die
So stay away, and stay alive
I’m breakable, unbreakable
I’m shakeable, unshakeable
Unraveling, I won’t infect you!
Now I’m turning to dust in a world that’s twisted
Don’t come searching when I go missing
Close your eyes or just try to look away
Don’t want to hurt you
We live in a world someone else imagined
The ghost of what’s left of me all but vanished
Remember my heart, how bright I used to shine
Please, just don’t forget me…
Just don’t forget me
Just don’t forget me
Just don’t forget me
Don’t forget me
We live in a world someone else imagined
The ghost of what’s left of me all but vanished
Remember my heart, how bright I used to shine
Oh, can you tell me?
Oh, can you tell me?
A monster in my heart
And now there’s nothing left
